topic Re: Potholes? in The Round Table

Potholes?

cee-dee — Thu, 16 May 2019 19:22:54 GMT

There's been reports of potholes all over the country and loads of complaints about them but no explanations of the cause for them?

Looking at them round here, it seems that the road surface that's failing is showing 1/ a lack of adhesion of the surface layer to what's underneath and 2/ the surface layer seems very "thin" and is comprised of coarse Tarmac.

Where potholes have been filled in with coarse Tarmac, it's only a few months before it's all broken out again but in places where they've been repaired with finer Tarmac, they're still OK after a year.

In "times of old".... roads were surfaced with hot Tar and chippings were spread and rolled on it. They don't seem to do that now?

I remember watching the first Tarmac being laid on the roads in to "our" village and that was fine Tarmac about two inches thick. It lasted many years. I don't recall any of it breaking up.

So, any Tarmac experts on here to give us a little run-down on current practice?

Re: Potholes?

kirstegcrom_0 — Sun, 19 May 2019 12:01:32 GMT

Not a tarmac expert but I totally agree we have a massive pothole right outside our house and it’s ruining my car so I reported it and thought nothing if it then a council chap turns up and measures it and sprays it with white paint and hopefully in a few weeks it should be filled but I bet it won’t last long.
Had to laugh at the rest of the potholes in the road which he ignored!

Re: Potholes?

joe_bloggs* — Sun, 19 May 2019 18:42:49 GMT

Re: Potholes?

**bustysinclaire** — Wed, 29 May 2019 15:25:05 GMT

Terrible things, one road where I live is riddled with them an because the traffic has to dodge parked cars you have no choice but to go over them. I blew my exhaust because of being forced to go over them 😫😥😣